<p>I'm really intrigued by both of these subjects: Civil engineering and mathematics. Would a masters degree in math make me any more job-worthy for a civil engineering job?</p>
<p>In other words, would a masters in mathematics be completely useless? Also, would a masters math degree be useful for a materials science degree (I'm might switch to this)?</p>
<p>Thanks for your input/help!!!</p>
<p>I feel like you’d be better off doing the undergrad in applied math while taking a bunch of engineering classes as electives and then getting your MS in engineering.</p>
<p>What sort of work are you actually interested in doing? There’s a lot of fields you’re covering in the couple of majors you’ve mentioned.</p>
<p>I’m really interested in working as either a civil engineer or materials scientist! To be clear I do NOT want to work as a mathematician, I just like to study mathematics.</p>
<p>Basically, I was just wondering whether a masters degree in math would useful for an engineering job (either civil or materials).</p>
<p>As far as I know, a masters degree in mathematics would not be particularly useful if you want to work as a civil engineer or materials scientist. Graduate level math is extremely theoretical, and not that helpful in applied areas other than maybe straight physics or electrical engineering. </p>
<p>Why not just get an undergrad minor in math with your BS in Civil Engineering?</p>
<p>What RacinReaver said. You’re doing it backwards.</p>
<p>What about a different field of math other than just pure math (ie, applied math or computational mathematics)?</p>
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<p>What sorts of things within Materials Science itself are you interested in? I never really come across much I can’t solve with some PDE knowledge, though I know in some subfields you might use complex analysis. The only fields where I’d see it being extra useful to have a stronger background in math are ones of a computational nature, where you’d be doing more programming applied to materials than anything else.</p>